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A History of the Northwest Coast

A History of The Peace Region

This site contains information about the history of the Peace River Region of British Columbia and Alberta. Most of these articles have been selected from the Calverley Collection of local history materials created by the late Dorthea Horton Calverley of Dawson Creek, British Columbia.

British Columbia Museums Association

Camera Workers: British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon 1858-1950

Documents photographers in British Columbia and the Alaska and Yukon territories. Useful in old photo identification.

Findmypast - British Columbia, Canada- British Columbia From The Earliest Times To The Present, Biographical (Vol. 3) $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - British Columbia, Canada- British Columbia From The Earliest Times To The Present, Biographical (Vol. 4) $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - British Columbia, Canada- Influence of the War of 1812 Upon the Settlement of the Canadian West $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - British Columbia, Canada- On Canada's Frontier $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - British Columbia, Canada- Sunset Canada - British Columbia and Beyond $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - British Columbia, Canada- Year Book, 1903 $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Fort St. James National Historic Site

Living Landscapes: Human and Natural History of the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia

Four census databases and search engine.

New Westminster Police History Project

Nooksack Valley Nostalgia

A regional history blog covering the Nooksack Valley area of Whatcom County, Washington, centered on historic Sumas but including Clearbrook, Everson, Nooksack, Damtown and Huntingdon, B.C. It includes contextual photographs and descriptions of local residents and the buildings they occupied.

The British Columbia History Internet/World-Wide Web Page

The Clallam Disaster

On the 8th of January 1904 the ferry Clallam foundered and sunk with the lost of 54 people.

The Great Depression of Canada

Victoria's Victoria

This web site focuses on Victoria, Canada, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Includes an index to Victoria, British Columbia newspapers from 1858 to 1921, including birth, marriages and deaths.